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Feature Stories
The water flea Daphnia. Credit Poryecto Agua, cc-by-nc-sa
What’s New Under the Sun? Offering An Alternate View on Evolutionary Novelty
Grass Fellow Z. Yan Wang visiting an active California two-spot octopus (O. bimaculoides) at the Marine Resources Center. Photo by Nora Bradford.
Live Fast, Die Young: Grass Fellow Explores Octopus's Death Spiral
Skate embryo with tissues in diffent colors Courtesy of J Andrew Gillis
The Evolution of Evo-Devo
The Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, is a model system for studying animal-bacterial symbiosis. Credit: Tom Kleindinst
Squid and Octopus Genome Studies Reveal How Cephalopods’ Unique Traits Evolved
cephalopod imaged during the 2022 embryology course
A California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) imaged during the 2022 Embryology course at the MBL. This image was taken on a Leica THUNDER system. Credit: Hannah Jones

Students in this summer's Advanced Research Training Courses have access to state-of-the-art microscopy equipment through MBL's Imaging Innovation Center.

See more images from the 2022 Embryology Course Learn more about the MBL's Imaging Innovation Center
Research News
Atlantic Surf Clam Credit K.D. Wyman iNaturalist
If a Clam Can Live to 500, Why Can’t We? | The Atlantic
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Phytoplankton blooms in the global ocean. Credit: NASA Goddard
New Model Sheds Light on Day/Night Cycle in the Global Ocean
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Sally Seraphin is using red-eyed tree frogs to study the effects of early childhood adversity. Credit: Geoff Gallice
What Can Frogs Tell Us About Childhood Adversity? Whitman Fellow Sally Seraphin Explores
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Education News
Student-made Winogradsky Columns. Project funded by the MBL Alumni ROCS program.
DIY Microscopes to Microbial Discovery: Alumni Bring MBL Spirit to Local Communities
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An axolotl in a tank in the Echeverri Lab at the MBL. Credit: Cristian Selden
Studying a Gene Lurking in the Regeneration Pathway of Axolotls: A Summer of Research at the MBL
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Students in the Woods Hole PEP Program
Facing Adversity, Science-Minded College Students Bring Diversity to Woods Hole | Cape Cod Times
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The inaugural 2022 Building Innovation Through Diversity (BID) cohort and their hosts.
Inaugural “Building Innovation through Diversity” Cohort Comes to the MBL
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MBL Spotlight
Hari Shroff with his DiSPIM microscope in Lillie Laboratory in 2017. Credit Diana Kenney
Hari Shroff: The Science & Play of Imaging | NIH Speaking of Science Podcast
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Anna Clemencia Guerrero, creator of the “Seeing Cells” exhibit in the Bay Reading Room of the MBLWHOI Library.
MBL Exhibits Show Entwined History of Microscopy and Cell Biology
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Grass Fellows march in the 2022 4th of July Parade in Woods Hole
Highlights from the Woods Hole 4th of July Parade
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Media Mentions
Atlantic Surf Clam Credit K.D. Wyman iNaturalist
If a Clam Can Live to 500, Why Can’t We? | The Atlantic
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Students in the Woods Hole PEP Program
Facing Adversity, Science-Minded College Students Bring Diversity to Woods Hole | Cape Cod Times
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Plate 5 from the zoology of the voyage of the HMS Beagle. Red and black bird on a tan background
This Vast Library of Life Puts Nature Online | The Washington Post
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